Natural hazards · Wentworth

Wentworth, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wentworth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Wentworth?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wentworth to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes13%Cold waves10%Drought8%Heat waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Wentworth faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Wentworth flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Wentworth.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wentworth isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Newton County.

Disasters that hit Wentworth

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Wentworth itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Wentworth.

Brought FEMA money into WentworthDeclared for Newton County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $118K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Village of Wentworth for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Newton County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Wentworth is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wentworth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Wentworth. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

Wentworth, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Wentworth?

What Wentworth faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Drought

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Wentworth flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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